Vulnerability CVE-2026-39858: Information

Description

Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to versions 2.11.43, 3.6.14, and 3.7.0-rc.2, there is a high severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Traefik's ForwardAuth and snippet-based authentication middleware. Traefik's forwarded-header sanitization logic targets only canonical header names (e.g., X-Forwarded-Proto) and does not strip or normalize alias variants that use underscores instead of dashes (e.g., X_Forwarded_Proto). These unsanitized alias headers are forwarded intact to the authentication backend. When the backend normalizes underscore and dash header forms equivalently, an attacker can inject spoofed trust context — such as a trusted scheme or host — through the alias headers and bypass authentication on protected routes without valid credentials. This issue has been patched in versions 2.11.43, 3.6.14, and 3.7.0-rc.2.

Severity: HIGH (7.8)
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Severity: CRITICAL (10.0)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Published: April 30, 2026
Modified: May 1, 2026
Error type identifier: CWE-290CWE-306

Fixed packages

Package name
Branch
Fixed in version
Version from repository
Errata ID
Task #
State
traefiksisyphus3.6.15-alt13.6.15-alt1ALT-PU-2026-7142-5417190Fixed
traefiksisyphus_riscv643.6.15-alt13.6.15-alt1ALT-PU-2026-7534-1-Fixed
traefiksisyphus_loongarch643.6.15-alt13.6.15-alt1ALT-PU-2026-7499-1-Fixed
traefikp113.6.15-alt13.6.15-alt1ALT-PU-2026-7164-5417230Fixed
traefikc10f23.6.15-alt13.6.15-alt1ALT-PU-2026-7154-5417229Fixed

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

    1. cpe:2.3:a:traefik:traefik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      End excluding
      2.11.43

      cpe:2.3:a:traefik:traefik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      Start including
      3.0.0
      End excluding
      3.6.14

      cpe:2.3:a:traefik:traefik:3.7.0:ea1:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:a:traefik:traefik:3.7.0:ea2:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:a:traefik:traefik:3.7.0:ea3:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:a:traefik:traefik:3.7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*